Entries for North Carolina’s Tar Heel Cluster, hosted by the Cary, Alamance, Durham, Raleigh and Fayetteville Kennel Clubs, close next week. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of the Raleigh Kennel Club, but this set of shows has plenty of good things going on in any case. The cluster’s five all-breed… read more

It seems that many dog clubs today, just like many citizens, businesses and local, state and federal governments, face financial concerns. Everyone is trying to economize and cut operations down to the bare essentials to compensate for budget shortfalls. Looking at a couple of premium lists for shows that close on October 31, I realized… read more